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The Great Blizzard

March 1933
South Yorkshire Times  March 3, 1933 The Great Blizzard The severest snowstorm in living memory broke over South Yorkshire on Friday afternoon and continued without intermission...

Accident at Thrybergh Hall – Inquest at Conisborough.

March 1893
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 31 March 1893 Accident at Thrybergh Hall Inquest at Conisborough. On Monday, at the Station Hotel, Conisborough, Mr. P. E....

Editorial – A Great Step Forward

30 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944 A Great Step Forward Having held the pass for a critical period in this greatest of wars Britain now proposes...

Editorial – The Fight for the Rhine

23 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944 The Fight for the Rhine Since the last war the fact that Germany “gave in too soon” has often been...

Sailor- Fearn, Lawrence – Letter From Monty

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd, 1944 Letter From Monty Miss Vera Fearn, “Rookwood,” Rockingham Road, Swinton, has received letters from General Montgomery and General Alexander thanking...

Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival

16 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 The Nazi Struggle for Survival Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...

Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival

16 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 The Nazi Struggle for Survival Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...

Hit By Huge Stone – Swinton Collier Killed

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944 Hit By Huge Stone Swinton Collier Killed While working in the Silkstone seam in the number three pit at Manvers Main...

Editorial – Sparring For the Knock-Out

9 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Sparring For the Knock-Out Where the German army overran Holland, Belgium, and France in a matter of weeks the Allies...

Soldier – Hill, Ronald – Wounded in Burma

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944 Wounded in Burma L/Cpl. Ronald Hill (20), only son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Hill of 27, Cromwell Road, Mexborough,...

Editorial – How Long?

2 September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944 How Long? Allied armies are now deploying on the battlefields of the last war.  Names rendered familiar by the swaying...

Footballer Signs

September 1944
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944 Footballer Signs Dick Woffinden, of Kilnhurst, the well-known local player, who was recently given his release by Barnsley F.C. has...

Soldier – Hinchliffe, Harry – Broadcasts with Army Service

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th, 1944 Broadcasts with Army Service A Kilnhurst man is one of the members of the staff of the Army Broadcasting Service,...

Editorial – France Rises Again

26 August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 France Rises Again This is France’s great week. Everywhere the grip of the German tyrants is being loosened.  On all...

Editorial – Forcing the Pace

26 August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944 Forcing the Pace Without much specific information being available about the new Allied attack in the South of France it...

Soldier – Peck S. – In Italy

August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944 In Italy Gnr. S. Peck of 18, Greenwood Road, Kilnhurst, who is serving with the Eighth Army in Italy in...

Editorial – Allied Mastery

5 August 1944
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944 Allied Mastery Despite the statement, cautiously qualified, that “victory may come soon” Mr. Churchill studiously preferred to record rather than...

Editorial – When Rogues Fall Out

29 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944 When Rogues Fall Out Like a good defensive fighter the Nazis have covered up quickly after the staggering blow which...

Advert – Kilnhurst Co-op –

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 8 1944

South Yorkshire Welcomes London Evacuees

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th 1944 Billeting Arrangements Work Well South Yorkshire Welcomes London Evacuees Evacuees, mothers with small children and school children, have this week been...

Editorial – Careless Talk

22 July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 Careless Talk Careless talk, which has been the theme for many an official sermon, is not the monopoly of the...

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd 1944 Marconigrams Brampton Hospital Gala on Saturday realised £230 for the Mexborough Montagu and Barnsley Beckett Hospitals. A speaker on “Re-organisation of...

Soldier – Blunn, Arthur – Wounded In Normandy

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944 Wounded In Normandy Mrs. Blunn, of 43, Wheatley Road, Kilnhurst, has received a letter from her husband Bdr. Arthur Blunn,...

Kilnhurst and Mexborough Men’s “Clocking” Offence

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th 1944 Kilnhurst and Mexborough Men’s “Clocking” Offence Joseph Turton (30), saw operator, of 65, Springfield Road, Kilnhurst, and William T. Howitt,...

New Dearne Councillor is Youngest Member

July 1944
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944 New Dearne Councillor Is Youngest Member The new member appointed at last week’s meeting of the Dearne Urban Council to succeed...